The 20th EAPR Triennial Conference, Versailles, France, 9-14 July 2017

Date: 2017-07-09

The Scientific programme of the 20th Triennial Conference of the EAPR will be built on the frame sentence: “Potato facing global challenges”

All the current themes interesting the potato production in which the EAPR sections are involved (i.e agronomy and physiology, breeding and varietal assessment, post-harvest, pathology and pests, virology) are open for submissions. However, the wish of the scientific committee is also to organize them according to the major and strategic orientations listed below:

- Climate change and impact on crop:

• Emerging pests, tolerance to biotic stress

• Tolerance to abiotic stresses (water, salt, heat, cold ...)

• Evolution / displacement of production areas

- To produce and breed differently:

• To produce closer to the plant needs (precision farming, DSS, ...)

• Bio-control: solutions that are expanding

• The digital revolution: high throughput phenotyping and genotyping

• GM, TPS, participatory breeding

- Sustainable Resource Management:

• Genetic resources for a sustainable potato production

• Sustainable management of soil fertility

• Pests and integrated plant protection 

• Sustainable water management

• Maintaining an healthy situation in front of globalization: regulations as tools to preserve the potential of potato production

- Population growth and food security:

• European cooperation actions

• Positioning potato  vs other arable crops (maize, rice, wheat, sorghum)

• Nutrition and health

- Market segmentation and added value:

• Comparison between the European model and the rest of the world

• Acceptance of innovation 

• Non-food use

A reflection is also already committed on specific workshops as:

• Seed potatoes for the future

• Sensors & new production tools

• Potato: an appropriate crop to improve food security outside Europe